Corset.



- PATENTBD MAY 5, 1903.

D; KOPS.

CORSET.

.A .PPLIUATION Hmm ums. 190s.

I0 MODEL.

f. bf J Patented May 5, 1903.

PATENT Ormes.

DANIEI. KOPS, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

CORSET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 727,385', dated. May 5, 1903. Application led January 5,1903. Serial No. 137,760. (No model.)

To a/ZZ whom, t may Concern:

Be it known that I, DANIEL KOPS, a citizen of the United States, residing in the borough of Manhattan, city, county, and State of New York, have invented an Improvementin Corsets, of which the following isa specification.

My invention relates to an abdominal corset, with the object of providing in the corset proper a more pronounced supporting function than is edected by the steels and bones usually employed, so as to be able to create an acceptable flat-front effect.

I employ in the lower front portions of the corset triangular forms of metal that are substantial edge prolongations of the corset-steels extending over the front along and adjacent to the lower edge of the corset. tion with this construction l employ hosesupporters, which in holding down the corset -at the lower edge assist the supporting function of the plates over a predetermined area. The plates stiffen the corset, prevent distortion of the same, and with the usual drawingin function of the corset tend to an acceptable lattened configuration. With the plates as substantial edge prolongations of the steels, but separatetherefrom, I may employ adjustable or xed straps for connection thereto of the hose supporters or connected flaps to which the hose-supporters may be pinned.

The details of the forms of my invention are hereinafter more particularly described.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is an elevation of the lower front portion of a corset, forms of my invention being represented at either side of the dividing front steels. Fig. 2 is a vertical section at Q0 m of Fig. l looking toward the left hand. Fig. 3 is a sectional plan at 'y y of Fig. l; and Fig. 4, a sectional plan at .e z, Fig. 1.

ct a' represent the halves of the corset-body, connected at the front portion by the steels b b. At the lower front portions of the corset are the triangular forms of metal c c', that are substantial edge prolongations of the corset-steels, one vertical edge o f each triangular form coming closely adjacent to the inner edge of either steel. Strips or sections of fabric extend over the front steels b b' and the triangular forms of metal c c', said sections being narrow at the top and broad at the In connec-V lower ends and extending on the face of the corset below the nominal lower edge.

At the left hand of Fig. l, including the steel b and the triangular form of metal c, is shown the simpler form of my invention. In this the strip or section of fabric h, extending over the steel ZJ and the metal form c, is secured tothe body a of the corset by lines of sewing 3, said lines extending all the way around the triangular form of metal c and at one portion between said form and the steel b, so that said form of metal is held in place and its adjacent relation to the steel b established by common lines of sewing. In this form of the invention the iiap 4 extends down below and is connected to the lower edge of the corset and is adapted to have connected to it one end of the hose-supporter. Instead of the Hap '4 a strap 5 (shown in dotted lines, Fig. l) may be secured to the lower edge of the corset and constitute one strap of the hosesupporter.

In the form of my invention shown at the `right hand of Fig. l, and which includes the steel b/ and the triangular form of metal c', the strip or section of fabric h, that extends over said steel and form of metal, is connected to the body portion a. by an outer line of sewing 3, that corresponds to the hereinbefore-described line of sewing. In this form of the invention, however, the strip of material h, that surfaces the steel b' and the triangular form of metal c', extends below the nominal lower edge of the corset, and the usualbinding 7c is finished on the lower edge of this strip. In this form I have shown eyelets 2, which pass through the outer section or strip of fabric, through the triangular form of metal c', through the-fabric covering 7 of the triangular form of metal c', and through the upper ends of one or more diverging straps d d. The cross -section Fig. 3 shows the manner in which the corset is built up at this point-that is, the `steel b' is preferably covered with a fabric 6, while the triangular form of metal c is covered with a fabric 7. The ends of these fabrics at the adjacent edges of the steel and strip of metal overlap, so that the ends of the fabric 6 pass between and within the ends of the fabric 7, and they are connected by an inner line of l' OO sewing 8, while the line of sewing 9, which passes through between the steel h and the triangular form of metal c', not only passes through these fabric coverings alongside of the line of sewing 8, but also passes through the top fabric hand the'under fabric h', thus increasing the strength and firmness of the connected parts. The fabric strip 6 around the steel preferably extends below the steel to the lower edge of the corset.

I have shown diverging straps d d connected to the eyelets 2 on the under side of the corset and yet within the under fabric 7L', where the parts are concealed generally from View, it being preferable to connect these straps together, so that one end of each strap is connected to the eyelets. The straps pass through a slotted plate e, to which is connected a tangf, adapted to have pinned to it the hose-supporter. This strap therefore provides for adjustability of the hose-supporter, not only as the same draws from the corset, but as the wearer changes position in walking or sitting. The advantage of prolonging the top fabric h below the nominal edge of the corset at the front and largely covering over these diverging straps is to prevent the movement of said straps wearing or catching upon the outer garments.

I have shown a hook g and eye g as adapted for connecting the flap portions below the lower ends of the steels, and in Fig. ft I have shown by the crosssection the preferable construction, in which the eye g' is placed within the fabric-that is, between the outer fabric h and the under fabric 7L and between the doubled portion of the fabric 6 covering the steels. The eyelet or eyelets lO passes through the eye and the fabric 6 and connects them firmly together and is concealed within the outer and under fabrics h h.

I do not limit myself to the use of the diverging straps d d or to pivotally connecting the same by eyelets, nor do I limit myself to the portion of the corset below the triangular form of metal c', open along the lowenedgethat is, with the top fabric h and the under fabric h' disconnected below the triangular `form of metal c' to provide for the play of the diverging straps. These triangular forms of metal, in connection with the usual corsetsteels, have an abdominal supporting function which could not exist were the plates absent, as the same and the steels coact to create a supporting function over an appreciable as well as a predetermined area. They also have the tendency of preventing any buckling in the corset and, assisted by the drawing-down tendency of the hose-supporters, prove efficient to a marked degree.

I claim as my inventionl. In a corset, the combination with the corset-body and the front steels, of triangular forms of metal forming substantial edge prolongations of but separate from the corset-steels located at the lower front portions of the corset and held in position by the lines of sewing that connect the fabric portions to* gether.

2. In a corset, the combination with the corset-body and the front steels, of triangular forms of metal forming substantial edge prolongations of but separate from the corset-steels, located at the lower front portions of the corset and held in posit-ion by the lines of sewing that connect the fabric portions together, and fabric devices forming prolongations of the lower edge of the corset adjacent to the front steels and said plates and adapted to be connected to hose-supporters.

3. In a corset, the combination with the corset-body and front steels, of triangular forms of metal placed at the lower front portion of the corset and forming substantial edge prolongations of but separate from the corset-steels, and strips or sections of fabric each extending over one of the steels and one of the triangular forms of metal, and lines of sewing connecting said steels and triangular forms of metal with said sections or strips of fabric to the body of the corset and extending substantially around said triangular forms of metal and between the same and the steels.

4. In a corset, and in combination, a front steel, a triangular form of metal located near the lower portion of the steel and acting as a substantial prolongation of the steel, a strip or section of fabric extending over the steel and the form of metal and extending slightly below the lower edge of the same, eyelets passing through said strip of fabric, through the form of metal, diverging straps connected to and adjustable upon said eyelets as pivots and adapted for connection with hose-supporters, substantially as set forth.

5. In a corset and in combination, a front steel, a fabric covering for the same, a triangular form or plate of metal constituting a substantial edge prolongation of the corset-steel at the lower end, a fabric covering for said triangular plate, the covering fabrics at the meeting edges overlapping and connected by a line of sewing, a section or strip of fabric extending over the steel and said triangular form or plate of metal and extending below the same, an under fabric forming part of the corset-body, and lines of sewing connecting the outer or top fabric and the under fabric at the edges of the steels between the steel and the triangular form of metal and outside of said triangular form, substantially as set forth.

6. In a corset, and in combination a front steel, a fabric covering for the same, a triangular form or plate of metal constitutingasubstantial edge prolongation of the corset-steel at the lower end, avfabric covering for said triangular plate, the covering fabrics at the meeting edges overlapping and connected by a line of sewing, a section or strip of fabric extending over the steel and said triangular form or plate of metal and extending below the same, an under fabric forming part of the corset-body and lines of sewing connecting IOO IIO

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the outer or top fabric and the under fabric at the edges of the steel between the steel and the triangular form of met-al and outside of said triangular form, and eyelets extending through the top fabric, through the triangular form of metal and its fabric covering and free from the under fabric and diverging straps connected to said eyelets as pivots, and devices connected to said straps and to which hose-supporters may be connected.

7. In a corset, the combination with the corset-body and the front steels, of metal plates having edges adjacent to and parallel with the inner edges of the corset-steels, and lower edges that substantially conform to the lower edge of the corset and said plates forming substantial edge prolongations of but separate from the said corset-steels located at the lower front portions of the corset and held in position by the lines of sewing that connect the fabric portions together.

8. In a corset, the combination with the corsetbody and front steels, of metal plates having edges adjacent to and parallel with the inner edges of the corset-steels, and lower edges that substantially conform to the lower edge of the corset and said plates forming substantial edge prolongations of the said corset-steels located at the lower front portions of the corset and strips or sections of fabric each extending over one of the steels and one of said plates of metal, and said fabric portions forming prolongations of the lower edge of the corset adjacent to the front steels and said plates and adapted to be connected to hose-supporters, and lines of sewing connecting said strips or sections of fabric and the fabric of the corset-body together between the steels and said plates of metal and around the plates of metal.

9. In a corset, the combination with the fabric body and front steels and a strip of fabric outside of the front steels, of internal strips of fabric surrounding the front steels and connected together with the adjacent fabric by lines of sewing and said strips of fabric extending below the lower ends of said front steels, and devices adapted to connect the adjacent edges of the corset below the steels, and which devices are received between the parts of the fabric lining the steels and means for connecting said devices to said lining within the outer covering of fabric.

10. In a corset, the combination with the fabric body and front steels and a strip of fabric outside of the frontsteels, of internalstrips of fabric surrounding the front steels and connected together with the adjacent fabric by lines of sewing, and said strips of fabric eX- tending below the lower ends of said front steels, a hook-and-eye device adapted to connect the adjacent front portions of the corset below the steels, the ends of which hookand-eye device pass into and between the portions of the fabric lining the steels and eye lets passing through said ends and through the fabric lining the steels and concealed within the outer covering fabrics. j

Signed by me this 31st day of December, 1902.

DANIEL KOPS.

Witnesses:

GEO. T. PINGKNEY, S. T. HAvILAND. 

